>> tom: first down notre dame. 49 yard line of michigan state. clock ticking down from 13:45. and notre dame up three. clausen hands off to jonas gray. gray gets a couple of tough yards. armando allen went to the sideline, was limping a little bit. there's michael floyd. >> pat: broke his coll bone, it's been reported. you saw armando allen. jimmy clausen with a bad big

right toe. the skills of these players, yet their bumps and bruises, are great. >> tom: this rivalry has a tradition of being a rock 'em sock emrivalry. you've seen several players on both sides injured today. blitz coming from the spartans and sacked is clausen by gerald worthy. >> pat: jimmy clausen is not as nimble in the pocket as he was before the injury. one of the things he's done this year, ala tom brady, is kind of move it around the pocket. not trying to scramble. just kind of dodge a guy, didn't get rid of the ball, but worthy and jonas gray. that's the second -- >> tom: worthy out of michigan has two and a half sacks now this season. third down and long for the

irish. clausen in the shotgun. he's back in the game. claus hangs it up deep. ta tate. rucker. >> pat: chris l. rucker who has had trouble defending the deep ball all season long. pat narduzzi was shocked he hasn't played better, but you can't cover any better than that right now. just the old, they call it, nine for a go route. they're trying to match up golden tate against chris l. rucker. the boundary corner. head turned, perfect timing. doesn't get any better than that. >> tom: maust punts on fourth down. fair catch called and made by keshawn martin. so 12 minutes left in this one. notre dame by three. now let's go to jimmy roberts in

our new york studio for a guy cogame break. >> well, cal is visiting minnesota today and javed best, an absolute cave man. third straight game with at least 100 yards running the ball. of greater significance, five rushing touchdowns. the first bear in 88 years to do that. cal wins big and best puts himself front and center in the heisman discussion, don't you think? >> tom: indeed, he has to be in the conversation. we saw some of his plays earlier. he is pretty amazing. charlie gantt catches that one from kirk cousins. with another tackle, he's approaching double figures. >> pat: kyle mccarthy has had a big defensive day. six of those solo. they keep them separate, so loss and assisted. it's not necessarily a punishing tackle, but the guyultimately almost always go down.

>> tom: as long as you get the job done. on second and four, right over the middle. larry caper was met at the line of scrimmage. he and williams -- >> pat: the best we've seen ian williams play at nose tackle. the irish were gashed up the middle a couple times in the first two games. up the middle, number 95 puts the stuff off. >> tom: third down and three. kirk cousins has hit his last eight passes in a row. and there's number nine to dell. and dell breaks free. dell is down the sidelines, gets a block. walls able to get him out of bounds. harrison smith, it was.

59 yards. 59 yards to mark dell. >> pat: that's a good catch and run on third and three. remember the tackle of harrison smith. harrison smith did a good job of catching up with mark dell. perfect read by cousins. on the slant, if you can get it out in front of the receiver, you have a chance to run after the catch. >> tom: kyle mccarthy missed it. >> pat: his teammate, mares son smith. you never know when a play like that can save the game. >> tom: harrison smith saved the touchdown for the moment. the spartans have it at the 22 with the first down. winston. >> pat: give their offensive line love too. talk about notre dame's offensie line. we had two guys who generally don't start at left guard and center now opening some holes in the irish defense. >> alex: on the left side of the

ball, foreman is sitting on the sidelines. trainers telling him he'll be out for a while with a sprained ankle. they're icing it right now. you said the left side so important because of the inexperience of the right. >> tom: from the "i," play action fake. cousins goes for the end zone. and the catch made for the touchdown by blair white. >> pat: reliable, dependable blair white. if you run precise routes and if you're a quarterback, what great confidence you have in a guy like white. you throw it up there and you know he's going to come down with it, like clausen has with tate and floyd. darrin walls beaten on the inside ve. ran a little post corner. a terrific route and then catch by white. >> tom: cousins has hit his last

ten passesn a row. that one for a score. swenson will kick the extra point. it is good. michigan state and notre dame playing for the mega phone trophy. right now, the sht-out goes to the spartans.

>> tom: welcome back to notre dame stadium. tom hammond, pat haden, alex flanagan. the spartans have regained the lead, 30-26. ready to kick it off. swenson with the boot. to riddick. from the goal line, theo riddick. slammed to the turf at the 26 yard line by greg jones on special teams. there's his defensive

coordinator, pat narduzzi, who spent the first three quarters upstairs but he told us he was planning to come to the sideline for the fourth quarter for his energy and passion to transmit to his players and this was while we were away. he went and talked to all his defensive players. >> pat: you never see offensive coordinators like that. >> tom: an emotional guy. first down for jimmy clausen. armando allen. tough run for allen. gets about three. >> pat: four-point game. nine minutes left. one of your leading receivers. michael floyd out of the game. kyle rudolph and golden tate are pretty good players to go to as well. >> tom: armando allen has reached 100 yards rushing on 18 carries. >> pat: injured spartan on the field. >> tom: this has been one of those games where they've fallen on both sides.

>> pat: this is greg jones. >> tom: this is greg jones, that could be very costly for ichigan state if he's not able to return. he looks okay as he drops to the sideline. he'll have to go out for a play. >> pat: coach dantonio was saying notre dame is a natural rival. 20 years from now, you always remember the notre dame games. remember penn state, remember michigan, but notre dame as well. >> tom: second down, seven. blitz. caused the move by the blitz. i think it's going to be offsides against michigan state. >> pat: you're right. >> referee: offsides defense,

number 89. five yards. >> tom: kneelneily. >> pat: he had a similar play last week at the end of the game when central michigan kicked a field goal that was no good. because of the offsides, he got a second chance and beat them 29-27. >> tom: eight and a half remaining. now second down and two. another blitz. clausen to allen. allen out of the backfield. picks up the first down. >> tom: the end around, the catch, the block. he runs. and today, he threw a touchdown pass. >> pat: he's been running tough all game long, tom. as we said, a different armando allen. he was in a wildcat formation. 12-yard touchdown run to get the irish on the board. watch him break some tackles, lowers his shoulders, keeps the legs moving.

then the read option, breaking tackles again. you said, threw a touchdown pass in the wildcat formation too. >> tom: charlie weis told us the taubting penalty when he shushed the crowd in michigan, took it so personally. that was the only man back there was rucker. it went incomplete. that was a busted route as you'll ever see. >> pat: the wide receiver absolutely stopped, which is inexcusable. jimmy clausen is waiting, waiting, waiting. trying for one of those jump balls. i don't know what tate's doing. it's amazing, chris rucker didn't intercept that. it was the only guy back there. almost like a punt. >> tom: second down and ten. another blitz. clausen. kyle stepped out of bounds, but

not quite into michigan state territory. first down. >> pat: not only is he a big target, but he's fleet footed and is hard to bring down. actually, got sharp offers in basketball first at notre dame before he turned his attention to football. jimmy clausen once again, blitz after blitz after blitz. jimmy clausen getting knocked around. >> tom: rudolph, career high 95 yards on his half dozen catches. first down, michigan state 47. clock at 7:20 and counting. kamara catches it across the middle. he'll be a yard short of a first down. tackled by brandon denson. >> pat: clausen 20 of 28. likecousins, puts the ball exactly where it has to be. processing the information, throwing it accurately.

>> tom: the play call in from the sideline. looks at his wrist band. >> pat: 80 plays on the wrist band. >> tom: this will be second and two. almost lost the handoff. got it to allen who picked up the first down. just didn't get there in time. another irish first down. >> tom: the irish doing a couple of good things in this handoff to armando allen. >> pa >> tom: allen is limping. >> pat: they're eating clock. he comes around the corner. rudolph dig things on his defensive end. they're eating clock and picking up first downs. >> tom: you've got to finish it one a score if you're going to eat up the clock. down by four. blitz, allen, steps out of a tackle. then caught from behind when he was about to have a big gain.

>> pat: marcus hyde saved what may have been a long play saving tackle. >> tom: that could have been behind the line of scrimmage if not for allen's efforts. >> pat: first a powerful run, now a nifty one. that was that one little shoelace tackle by marcus hyde. their strong safety. this is what armando allen did a lot of last year. going down easily. >> tom: jonas gray replaces allen on this second down. going to the end zone. and the pass is caughby tate. touchdown! >> pat: jimmy clausen throws a

beautiful long ball. i mean, he throws a really, really accurate deep ball. talking about those little 12-yard outs. he's throwing it right on the money, 40, 50 yards down the field. >> tom: charlie weis said that to us yesterday. you talk about arm strength. going to review it. 33-yard touchdown strike to golden tate, who held on to it. >> pat: corner blitz. marcus hyde, the strong safety, on him. >> tom: pretty tough catch. >> pat: looked like his right foot was in. he had possession to me. possession, right foot in. i don't think he was bobbling. i think he had it. >> tom: controversial play earlier. >> pat: that's a touch. may have gotten away with a push, though, golden tate. boy, that's --

>> tom: he didn't turn his head around to the ball. >> pat: he's a strong safety, not a corner. you're generally not used to making those plays. it started with a corner blitz. >> referee: after further review. the ruling on the field is confirmed. touchdown. >> tom: there you have it. >> pat: classen up to 282, two touchdowns. 21 of 29. >> tom: with a bad toe. extra point coming up to make it a three-point game. freshman kicker missed one earlier. right down the middle. eight plays, 73 yards. the finisher, a 33-yard golden tate touchdown reception.

>> tomthe lead as changed for the fourth time today as notre dame jockies back on top, 33-30. 5:18 remaining. michigan state has beaten notre dame six straight times at notre dame stadium. in fact, counting some off years, notre dame hasn't won against the spartans here since 1993. tausch with the kickoff. winston. stopped short of the 30 yard line. and now let's go to new york, jimmy roberts, for a geico game break. >> usc has had trouble in

seattle over the years. the trojans 19-point favorites over washington today. the huskies behind former 'sc offensive coordinator, steve sarkisi sarkisian. the huge upset. ', now 6-8 in their last 14 in seattle. >> tom: what about that, the huskies. now, the spartans take over at their own 29 yard line. they scoreded a touchdown their last two possessions. nearly intercepted, broken up on the play by darrin walls, intended for b.j. cunningham. that breaks the string of ten straht completions by cousins. >> pat: he almost had an interception in the first half. he was beaten, but talk about recovery speed, number 2 in the right part of the screen. the guy was open momentarily, but he drove on it, knocked ate

away. had a chance to pick it off and go. >> tom: second down, ten. cousins under pressure. his pass, incomplete. blanton was defending the tight end, linthicum. the washington huskies with a big win over southern cal today. two future notre dame opponents and it's the huskies that come in here in two weeks. we'll have the broadcast with you. the washington huskies and the irish in two weeks. washington with a victory over usc today. >> pat: two straight plays, they've gotten a lot of pressure on kirk cousins. >> tom: third down and ten. blitz. cousins stands in. his pass is incomplete.

cunningham had it for a moment but couldn't hold on. you have to play defense. >> tom: five minutes left. it's only the thd time today michigan state will go three and out. >> pat: that's pretty big. good pass rush again. that has been the difference. didn't quite have the accuracy on the last three throws because of people around kirk cousins. >> tom: 0 so aaron bates punts it to golden tate. tate had to back pedal. immediately hit and downed. good special teams coverage.

>> tom: 4:48 left. notre dame leads michigan state, 33-30. the spartans have won six straight games here at notre dame stadium. irish take over with a first down at their own 19 yard line in the wildcat formation. armando allen ready to take the direct snap. allen deep.

and stopped shy of the 25 yard line. a late flag comes down. >> pat: this is eerily similar to last week's game against michigan. >> tom: sam young looking like he might be guilty party. >> pat: a holding call last week reversed a 72-yard play. is that trevor robinson? >> tom: it is. >> referee: after the play, personal foul, 74 offense. half the distance to the goal line, the down counts. second down. >> pat: two weeks in a row, sam young has had bonehead play late in the game. number 74, right side of the screen. late throwdown.

>> tom: why do you do that in this situation? >> pat: the holding call he had last week was a late throwdown. >> tom: ten penalties and nine a week ago. andrew nuss has replaced the injured trevor robinson at right guard for the irish. ten penalties today after nine that you might say cost them the game last week. potentially so. michigan state calls a time-out with 4:41 on the clock. big ten officiating crew. the penalty puts the ball back to the 12 yard line. irish in the hole with 4:41

left, clinging to a three-point lead. >> pat: pat rduzzi trying to dial up a couple of blitzes. they actually had some success getting after jimmy clausen the second half. in terms of at least putting some heat on. >> tom: last week, the big controversy, charlie weis calling two pass plays instead of forcing michigan to use timeouts. charlie said he wouldn't do anything differently in hindsight. so we'll see what he calls here with the second down and 17 and the ball precariously at its own 12. >> pat: trevor robinson came back in too, tom, at right guard. >> tom: pass caught. golden tate. oh, tate with a hugeove to get